Tuesday's 10pm slot is getting competitive again: Since we're committed to "SouthLAnd" you know what we'll be watching but we will also watch DVR'd or repeated broadcasts of: "White Collar" which premieres tonight, look for our interview with series star Matt Bomer; and Comedy Central's "Tosh.0" and "Onion SportsDome." Also on are FX's "Lights Out," which is better than most of what broadcast TV has to offer, perhaps with the exception of "Parenthood" and "Detroit 1-8-7." At 9pm look for the return of "Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern" on the Travel channel. more ›

Yesterday it was announced that U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York labelled the Federal Communications Commission's indecency rules "unconstitutionally vague and chilling." Between the arbitrary identification of obscenity and the random assessment of fines, from a couple thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands, broadcasters of live events have been on tenterhooks until this ruling. Smaller broadcasters, in particular, were in danger of being shut down if even a violation was filed against them as either paying the fine, or funding a lawyer to fight the fine. more ›

A FCC decision today approved a request to allow first-run movies to be seen on home TVs, even while films are still in theatres, according to The Wrap. "Approving a request by the Motion Picture Association of America, the FCC rejected objections from the National Association of Theater Owners and the Independent Film and Television Alliance... more ›

CBS may have to heed cautions issued by the FCC and unload one of their LA radio stations in order to "comply with federal restrictions on the number of stations that can be owned in a single market," reports LA Observed. This puts their floundering KFWB 980 AM station at-risk of being sold, since it has not done well since its switch to "a largely conservative talk format" (aka "The new home of Dr. Laura") last year. Although CBS has fought this rule for a long time, it seems they cannot avoid it any longer. Speculation is that KFWB's new owners "would be foreign-language broadcasters." more ›

This week's Senate Committee Hearing on the Future of the Internet featured notable speakers on both sides of the net neutrality debate including Stanford Prof. Lawrence Lessig, FCC Commissioner Kevin J. Martin, Patric Verrone, President of the WGA-West, and Michele Combs of the Christian Coalition. more ›

Our pals over at Tabloid Baby don't seem to be subscribers to Howard Stern over at Sirius, because for some reason they took the news that Stern will be offerring a free preview of his show via the Internet on 10/25 and 10/26, and a one cent special for his On Demand Howard TV channel as a sign that the King of All Media is interested in going back to the likes of KLSX... more ›

Look what the fucking cat dragged in. All five commissioners of the FCC will be at USC today and El Segundo High tonight (addresses and times after the jump) discussing media ownership. But LAist believes there's some unfinished business that the public needs to press these speech nannies on. A little more than two years ago Howard Stern, who at the time was the #1 morning radio personality here in LA was fined by... more ›

Some say he was fired, some say he quit, either way John Mainelli no longer works at the NY Post after it was revealed that there may have been a conflict of intrest when he printed rumors about Howard Stern wanting to return to censored radio. Howard Stern may be coming back to earth - on WPLJ or WABC. Radio insiders are reporting rampant rumors that the shock jock will "do an Opie &... more ›

+ Tori Spelling clearly not being asked to be involved in the tribute to her groundbreaking father's career + Kate Jackson's never-ending speech while Farrah Fawcett fidgeted around like she had never worn a dress before + Kate Jackson's awful plastic surgery. If that's really the best that money can buy then + Dick Clark being brave + Steve Colbert's never-ending embrace of Jon Stewart, who now has a full chess set of Emmy... more ›